Resources for Teachers


.	Focus the Nation Cal Poly--Resources for Classes and Assignments
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.	All Topics	All departments	Report of the International Panel on Climate Change (December 2007)	IPCC	The Bible of current climate change information
.			New York Times Global Warming Index	N.Y. Times	Huge current and searchable collection of articles
.			What is Global Warming and related topics	National Geographic	Basic, clear survey of all Climate Change topics
.			Climate Change/Global Warming Education	ClimateChangeEducation.Org volunteers	Resource list coordination partnered with Focus the Nation
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.	Science of Global Warming	Science and Math	What is Global Warming and related topics	National Geographic	Basic, clear survey of all Climate Change topics
.		Science and Math	Scientific Evidence and Climate Policy Decisions	Stephen Schneider, Stanford Meteorologist	A scientist's guide to understanding the explanation of uncertainties
.		Climatology	RealClimate	Ten Climate Scientists	Commentary on climate science news by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists
.		Biology and Ecology	Global Warming and Wildlife	National Wildlife Federation
.		Botany	Global Vegetation and Climate Shifts	Ecological Society of America	Scholarly graphic presentation
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.	Engineering		Electricity Supply and Demand Impacts	Union of Concerned Scientists
.			Mitigation of Global Warming	Wikipedia
.			Solving the Climate Problem: Technologies for Curbing CO2 Emissions	Sokolow and Pacala	"The Wedge Game"
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.	Architecture/Built Environment		Architects and Climate Change	American Institute of Architects
.			Architecture 2030	Ed Mazria	2010 Imperative, 2030 challenge to transform the building industry


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.	Agriculture/Natural Resources, including Water		Agricultural Impacts	Union of Concerned Scientists
.			If it's fresh and Local is it always Greener?	Andrew Martin NYTimes	Complicating the issue of buying local
.			Food, Farming and the Environment	Grist
.			Forestry and Global Warming	NYTimes index
.			Forestry and Global Warming	Yale School of Forestry Dean's Address
.			Forests and Climate Change	Union of Concerned Scientists
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.	Business	Business: Economics	Economic Impacts	Union of Concerned Scientists
.			Start Global Cooling	Clif Bar
.			Carbon Emissions Trading	Wikipedia
.			Study Details How U.S. Could Cut 28% of Greenhouse Gases	NY Times
.			Paying the Cost of Climate Control	NYTimes
.			Google's Renewable Energy Initiative	Google
.			Interview with CEO of Wal-Mart	Grist
.			Fifteen Green Business Founders	Grist
.			Amory Lovins' Free Market Solution	Rocky Mountain Institute and Rolling Stone Magazine
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.	Government	Liberal Arts: Political Science	Policy Solutions--California	Union of Concerned Scientists
.			Cities: Cool Cities/Mayor's Climate agreement	Sierra Club


.			Carbon Tax--The Lincoln Plan	Climate Ark
.			Poverty and the Environment	Grist
.			Important Elements in a climate bill	Grist
.			Apollo Alliance for Green Collar Jobs	Apollo alliance
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.	Individual/Personal		Climate Choices	Union of Concerned Scientists
.			20 Ways to Save Energy	Consumer Reports
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.	The Arts	Liberal Arts: Communication Studies, Rhetoric, English Composition	Mediarology:The Roles of Citizens, Journalists, and Scientists in Debunking Climate Change Myths	Stephen Schneider, Stanford Meteorologist	A scientist's analysis of media reporting on climate change
.		Liberal Arts: Communication Studies, Rhetoric, English Composition	Materials for a unit on the rhetoric of An Inconvenient Truth	Steven Marx, English Professor Cal Poly SLO
.		Liberal Arts: Literature, Ethics, Economics,	Materials for Consideration of "Economy," the first chapter of Thoreau's Walden, in context of Global Warming Solutions	Steven Marx, English Professor Cal Poly SLO
.		Literature	Imagine That	Bill McKibben	Essay on the absence of and need for literature that faces the crisis of climate change
.		Art and Design, Photography	Global Warming Art	Robert A. Rohde	Visual Data and aesthetic images
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.	Other Categories	Health and Nutrition	Global Climate Change and Health	World Health Organization
.			Global Climate Change and Health	U.S. Environmental Protection Administration
.		Psychology	“Why Global Warming Does Not Scare Us (Yet),”	Elke Weber, Columbia University	suggested by Andy Revkin, NY Times
.		Religion	Faith and the Environment	Grist
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.	Our University's Role		Suscat: Cal Poly Sustainability Catalogue	Cal Poly Academic Programs, Academic Senate Sustainability Committee	Courses and programs addressing sustainability issues


.			Biennial Progress Report:	Facilities and Operations
.			Sustainable Agriculture Resource Consortium	College of Agriculture
.			Cal Poly sustainability Documents	Students, Faculty, Administration	A collection of local links
.			Presidents' Climate Commitment		A Program for Universities and Colleges to develop programs moving toward Climate Neutrality in effect at 448 institutions
.			Fifteen Green Universities	Grist	Stanford, Harvard, Chico State, Cal Poly not yet
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.	Strengthening Political Will	Student Movements	Powershift 2007
.			Step It Up
.		Higher Education	Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
.		Presidential Candidates	Compare the Candidates	Grist	A chart for comparison with links to each candidate's position statements on specific aspects of climate change policy
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